ASEAN, disaster discourses and the construction of ‘risk’ Prof. Lorraine Elliott ANU, Canberra, Australia Abstract This paper presents some (early) work in progress that examines how disaster discourses in Southeast Asia constitute a particular version of human (in)security and the human ‘insecure’ through the construction of ideas and assumptions about ‘risk’. It begins with a brief overview of the institutional density and interplay of regional disaster governance in the…

Archives in the Digital Age - balancing evolving expectations against the realities of resource allocation and legislation – Aisling Keane, G010, 12-1pm Tuesday, 30th April. NUI Galway is rich in archival collections that provide primary source material for subjects that include the Irish language, the landscape of the West of Ireland, theatre and literary collections, political collections relating to Northern Ireland. Increasingly, we make material available digitally, and work with staff / researchers to maximise the value and impact of…

May 2019

UPDATE: Applications for the fee-waiver scholarships available via the Moore Institute and Galway 2020 will close on February 28th Future Landscapes is an intensive four-week, full-time workshop created in conjunction with the School of Machines, Making and Make-Believe and Galway 2020. The aim of the workshop is to allow participants to develop the skills to explore the use of immersive technologies, such as Virtual and Augmented Reality, within the context of Landscape, both seen and unseen. This may include, for…

Modernist Studies Ireland National University of Ireland Galway Plenary Speaker: Dr Ben Levitas, Goldsmiths University of London Opening address: Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President of NUI Galway The inaugural conference of Modernist Studies Ireland, ‘Modernist Legacies and Futures’ seeks to bring together Irish and international scholars to initiate an exchange and review of current research, trends, and findings in modernist studies. We ask scholars to consider how modernists created…

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